War in Ancient Egypt: The New KingdomISBN: 978-1-4051-1371-7
Hardcover
312 pages
February 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Figures viii
List of Maps x
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
Chronology xvi
1 Prelude to New Kingdom Warfare 1
2 The System of Early Dynasty XVIII: Technological and Physical Constraints 32
3 Southern and Northern Expansion 46
4 Social and Religious Implications of the New Military system 70
5 The Battle of Megiddo and its Result 83
6 The Pharaoh on Campaign: Ideal and Real 101
7 The Later Military Situation in Asia and at Home 110
8 Egyptian Imperialism and Thutmose III 130
9 Dynasty XVIII: Warfare and Economy 140
10 The Amarna Letters and War 160
11 The Influence of the Egyptian Military from Late Dynasty XVIII to Dynasty XIX 169
12 Early Dynasty XIX 187
13 To Kadesh and After 209
14 Merenpath and Ramesses III 235
15 Egypt on the Defensive 249
16 The Social System of the Military in the Ramesside Period 264
General Bibliography 278
Index 282